CIRCUIT COURT Heroin charge nets probaiton term

Tuesday

Sep 17, 2013 at 8:29 AMSep 17, 2013 at 8:29 AM

By Don Reiddwreid@aol.comCOLDWATER — Rainia Crabill will have two years on probation to get off drugs — or she will face prison time.The sentence was handed down after Crabill pled guilty to attempted possession of heroin.Crabill, 30, tried to convince Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady she was ready to end more than 13 years of using every type of drug."I’m an addict. I need help," she stated.O’Grady was not so sure Crabill could beat her problem."That remains to be seen," he said, before asking Crabill, "Have you hit rock bottom?"The judge warned, "a lot of people in our community are overdosing" and dying."I hope you can turn your life around," he said.O'Grady ordered Crabill to serve six months in jail with credit for 81 days served.Crabill was arrested in October when police came to a residence where she was staying to serve a warrant on another person. Crabill was hiding in a bedroom, where officers found a spoon, cotton balls and syringes — all items that are used to inject heroin.Trace amounts of heroin —which Crabill said she started using last year — were found on the items.Crabill told the judge, "I’m ready to be a mom again."She lost custody of two sons, ages 6 and 8, because of use of LSD, meth, morphine, heroin, marijuana, prescription drugs and alcohol.